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J. S. RAY.

4 GORN PLANTER.

No. 264,844. Panted sept. 19, 1882.

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JOHN s. RAY, OF INDIANAPoLIs, INDIANA, Assienon or ONEHALF To CHARLES A. LAUMAN, OF SAME PnAcn.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 264,844, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed May 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concernr Be it known that I, JOHN S.,RAY, a resident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion r and State ot' Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Corn-P1anters,`of which the following is a specification, having reference to the accompanying drawings.

My invent-ion relates to that class of cornplanters in which the feeding and ``dropping mechanism is operated by the forward motion of the carrying-wheels, and which are adapted to plant in hills or drills.

The object of my invention is to provide a means of instantaneously opening and closing the dropper-valve, which means shall at the momentof dropping the corn act independent of the mechanism driven by the carrying-wheel, and thereby insnre accurate checking77 in planting.

Myinvention consistsin the means employed to accomplish the above-mentioned results, as hereinafter fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. i

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the point ofiview being at line w,`1`ig. 1, and the seed-box being' in section. Fig'. 3 is a rear elevaton of the seed-box and dropping mechanism.l Fig. 4 is a plan of the seed'box and two feed-plates-Norl being for 4 hill planting andNo. 2 for drilling'.

' a a represent two plow-beams, to which are attached ordinary shovel-plows. Said beams i are attached to thev axle I)v by hang'ers c c.

i atdfferentdistances from the central shaft, 3,

and the seriesiof holes in plates 1 and V2, Fig. 4, are arranged correspondingly, so that when either plate is in its place in the box seed is delivered to but one of the tuhes. Tube c communicates with the hollow interior of the plow-staudard g, the lower end of which is closed by a spring-valve, h. 'Valve h is operated by `means of the hook i, bell-crank j, rod

`a by a bevel-gear, u, which issecured to and revolves with the axle, bevel-pinion '11, shat't w, and miter-gearsyandz. Both carrying-wheels A A' are loose` on the axle, and the axle is connected with wheel -A- by a clutch, 1B, one

` part of which is secured to the wheel and' the other slides on the axle, being` prevented from turning thereon-by a feather in the usual mauner, and is moved by the `lever O. The rear ends of the plows are suspended by chains to arms D on each end of shaft E, and are raised siniultaneously by the lever F, rod G, and arm I, which are secured to shat't E. y

The operation of my invention is as follows: The two parts of clutch B having been thrown together, the axle revolves as the machine is drawn forward, thus rcvolving the plates in both seed-boxes by means of the bevel-g'ears u,

of which there are two-one near each 'end of the axle-as shown. Ifthecorn is to be plan ted in hills, the holes in the plate's are so arranged that a certain number of grains are deposited in tube e during one-half revolution of wheel A,which.grains fall to the bottom of the plbwstandard and rest on valve IL. As the axle revolves shaft p, which is supported at each end in bearings attached to each plow-beam, is revolved by spur-g'ears n and pinion o, arm r' is brought in contact with arm s, and shaft t,

which is also supported at each end in bearings on the plow-beams, is partiallyrei'olved by means of arm l, carrying rod k backward and hookidownward till the hook slips under the projecting end of valve h. Spring m is by this movement put in tension, and as the wheel A completes a half-revolution arm r passes out of connection with arm s, and spring m pulls up hook i, thereby opening Valve/, and allowing the corn to drop into the furrow. When the npward motion of hook 'i is nearly complete the hook slips off the end` of valve, and it is instantly closed by its spring-hinge. When the corn is to be planted in drills plate 2 is put into the seed-box in 'place of plate 1, is successively engaged, opened, and released and the 'seed drops atregular intervals through in the manner shown and described, and for tube f into the furrow. I the pnrpose set forth.

I claim as my invention JOHN S. RAY.

The combination, With valve h, of hook i, Witnesses: bell-cmnk j, rod k, arm l, spring' m, shaft-arm CHARLES A. LAUMAN, 8, and revolving :Lrm r, whereby said valve h H. P. HOOD; 

